Relating to or constituting a Church or denomination:the modernization of ecclesial buildings...
The book has four parts: The first provides an analysis of the current social and ecclesial context from which church ministers come and in which they must serve.
The profound relationship between the invisible and the visible elements of ecclesial communion is constitutive of the Church as the sacrament of salvation.
The passage in Ephesians that compares the union of husband and wife to that of Christ and the church is a favorite ecclesial image, yet it has always been problematic.
Origin
Mid 17th century (rare before the 1960s): via Old French from Greek ekklēsia 'assembly, church' (see ecclesiastic).